Gun charge dismissed for driver stopped in Southbridge

DUDLEY 
Charges of carrying a loaded gun without a license against Jan C. Santos of Southbridge were recently dismissed in Dudley District Court.

Mr. Santos, 22, was stopped by Southbridge police on Feb. 17 for lack of a registration sticker on his carís rear plate. A narcotics-sniffing dog was brought in when a police officer noticed what appeared to be cocaine residue on Mr. Santosí clothing. Police reported finding a gun in the carís glove box.

Mr. Santos posted $1,000 bail in Dudley District Court after pleading not guilty to carrying a firearm without a license, improperly storing a firearm and possessing a firearm without a firearm identification card.